Mary Belle Rawlings

June 06, 2005

NEWPORT NEWS — Mary Belle Rawlings, 77, died Saturday, June 4, 2005, at Riverside Regional Medical Center. Though cancer may have taken her life, her soul is now at eternal rest with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. A native of Freeman, Va., Mary was a Peninsula resident for 42 years and was a member of Stevens Memorial Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Roy E. Rawlings of Newport News; two sons, Ron Rawlings and his wife, Jackie, of Franklinville, N.C., and Bill Rawlings and his wife, Bitsy, of Newport News; one brother, Luther Wiley of Richmond; one sister, Doris Vaughan of Dolphin; and a host of extended family and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted by The Rev. Jay Russ at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the Weymouth Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. Interment will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at New Hope Christian Church Cemetery, Danieltown, Va.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Stevens Memorial Baptist Church, 224 Richneck Road, Newport News, VA 23608.